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The Phonograph

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The phonograph was a pivotal discovery and invention in the field of communication.  Master inventor and scientist, Thomas Alva Edison, was the original inventor of the phonograph dating back as early as 1877.[1]  While working on his earlier inventions, the telegraph and telephone, Edison discovered that it was possible to record sound by capturing vibrations of his voice that were "powerful enough to allow a stylus to cut a signal into a revolving sheet of tinfoil."[2]  The idea of the phonograph began with a paraffin paper strip and a needle.  Over the years with the aid of Edison and other rivals such as Emile Berliner, whom created a flat, hard shellac disc with better sound quality. [1]  Over the next several decades, improvements and new discoveries were found that not only improved the quality of sound that could be recorded but the manner in which it was recorded.  It was no longer seen as a "voice recorder", Edison was the first to record an actual song on the phonograph which was "Mary Had a Little Lamb".[1]

 

 

 

The phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison in 1877 as a result of his work with the telegraph and the telephone.  The Edison Speaking Phonograph Company was established in 1878. The phonograph was a huge success but was difficult to operate unless you were an expert and the tin foil would only last for a few days. Edison

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References:

[1] Encyclopedia of Communication and Information STEPHEN D. PERRY . Ed. Jorge Reina Schement . Vol. 1. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2002.

[2] Dictionary of American History Ron Briley . Ed. Stanley I. Kutler . Vol. 1. 3rd ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2003.

 

 

 

 

[1]Gitelman, Lisa. Always Already New . Cambridge: The MIT Press, 2006.

 

[2]"History of the Phonograph." American Jukeboxes. 23 Dec. 2008 http://www.americanjukeboxes.com/site/620909/page/877262.

[3]"Phonograph." Encyclopædia Britannica. 2008. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 15 Dec. 2008 <

[4]Schoenherr, Steven. "Recording Technology History." . 6 July 2005. 23 Nov. 2008 http://history.sandiego.edu/GEN/recording/notes.htm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

instrument for reproducing sounds by means of the vibration of a stylus, or needle, following a groove on a rotating disc. A phonograph disc, or record, stores a replica of sound waves as a series of undulations in a sinuous groove inscribed on its rotating surface by the stylus. When the record is played back, another stylus responds to the undulations, and its motions are then reconverted into sound."

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